...we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that as thy only begotten Son was this day presented in the Temple hi substance of our flesh ; so we may be presented unto...his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier...

...must be the same. We notice a few instances in which the term Angel is applied to Christ. Malachi, in. 1. "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he 'shall...tem'ple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom 'ye delight in." The messenger of the covenant is the same as the angel of the covenant; the terms angel,...

...the Messiah is the God, to whom that temple is dedicated. " Be' hold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord,...: behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." God's messengers are angels : but here is a messenger of a wonderful dignity, a messenger, who hath...

...witness, was the Messias, the true Jehovah, whose forerunner Elias was to be, according to the prophecy, Mai. iii. 1 . Behold, I will send my messenger, and...temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in, saith the Lord of hosts. He gives his disciples the power of binding and loosing, that...

...sublime language, be describes the Coming of John the Baptist, and of the Messiah our Lord Jesus Christ. BEHOLD i WILL SEND MY MESSENGER AND HE SHALL PREPARE...TEMPLE, EVEN THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT, WHOM YE DELIGHT IN. FOR UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME SHALL THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARISE, SAITH THE LORD OF...

...Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Mai. iii. 1. EHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord,...the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appear eth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a refiner...

...righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he bath commanded us. Mai. iii. 1. Behold, I will send my messenger, and...in : behold he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Heb. viii. 6. 13. But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the Mediator...

...Now none of those terms can be justly applied to that which is of no value. See Nlal. iii. 1, 2, 3. " Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...behold he shall come saith the Lord of hosts. But who mayabide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's firev...

...dominion, which shall not pass away, and bis kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Mai. iii. I. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. SECTION VI. Deut. xxxi. 9. And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of...

...Malachi hath given an express signification of the coming of the Messias while the temple stood ; " Behold, I will send my Messenger, and he shall prepare...temple, even the Messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in," Mai. iii. 1. And Haggai yet more clearly, "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet once it is...